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Shape-shifting sea snakes - a dynamic story of powerful selection pressures and rapid evolution

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A broad diet helps tropical fish survive a range shift due to climate change

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Researchers develop new eDNA techniques to detect the rare Australian endemic Blind Cave Eel

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Professor Hugh Possingham announced as new Chair for Environment Institute Advisory Board

We welcome Professor Hugh Possingham as the incoming Chair of the Environment Institute Advisory Board. Prof. Possingham was born in Adelaide and completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Applied Mathematics at the University of Adelaide in 1984. He was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy in ecology and mathematics at Oxford in 1987.

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The evolution of colour vision in sea snakes

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New tools support integrated management of River Murray flows and floodplain infrastructure

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Regional SA kids consider naming new wasp species after coronavirus

The wasp, which was yet to be named, was of the genus Glyptapanteles in the subfamily Microgastrinae, a parasitoid of butterflies and moths.

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Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia

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A better immune system from returning to the wild

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South Australian flying foxes are exposed to zoonotic viruses

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